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Udi Alter
Education
PhD, Quantitative Methods, Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON, Canada
present - 2021
- Supervisor: Dr. Robert A. Cribbie
MA, Psychology (focus in Quantitative Psychology)
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON, Canada
2021 - 2019
- Supervisor: Dr. Alyssa Counsell
- Thesis: Equivalence testing for multiple regression
BSc, Specialized Honours, Psychology and Neuroscience
York University
Toronto, ON, Canada
2016 - 2012
- Supervisor: Dr. Gary R. Turner
- Thesis: The effects of cardio-respiratory fitness, physical activity, and sex differences on brain structure and executive functioning in older adults
- Summa Cum Laude
AWARDS, HONOURS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Student Travel Award, Quantitative Methods Section
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
N/A
2021
- $100
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant (TA) - Course: Water Ecosystems
Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) - Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Diadema, SP, Brazil
2017
Scientific Journals
Journal Ambiente & Sociedade - Editorial Board – Executive Editorial Secretary
N/A
N/A
Current - 2018
I’m an active participant in the local R community: I’m a co-organizer of R-Ladies São Paulo since 2018, and I have taught in several meetups and workshops. All the slides are available here: beatrizmilz.com/talk/
I’m also a co-organizer of satRday São Paulo and LatinR.
GRANTS
LatinR 2019 - Travel and Conference.
useR! 2019. Diversity Scholarship - Travel and Conference.
PROGRAMMING SKILLS
R
tidyverse
Git
GitHub
Markdown
HTML
CSS
Selected Oral Communications
Python Brasil 2021 - Making friends with the reticulated Python: Introduction to using Python and R in RStudio with the reticulate package
N/A
Online
2021
useR! 2019 - MILZ, B.; WUNDERVALD, B. The evolution and importance of the R-Ladies São Paulo chapter in Brazil. - Youtube Video
N/A
Toulouse, France
2019
Selected Publications
Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning.
Springer
N/A
2021
- Frey K., Ferreira Ramos R., Alonso Paixão dos Anjos L., Milz B., Jacobi P.R. (2021) Polycentric Water Governance in the Urban Global South. In: Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning
Selected Workshops Taught
Introduction to GitHub Actions - With Julio Trecenti - Meetup R-Ladies Goiânia
R-Ladies GYN
Online
2021
R - Making presentations with R and xaringan. 14ª aMostra Estatística
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo (IME/USP)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2019